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Super funds to solve the housing crisis?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... youth," lamenting that we're now having serious conversations about asking them to choose between their retirement savings and buying a home. While acknowledging that solving the housing crisis won't be easy, Senator Andrew Bragg, speaking on ...

Another corporate fund bites the dust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... July 31, almost 50 years on from its creation. The Nissan Superannuation Plan was created in 1977 to house the retirement savings of the car manufacturer's employees. It's existed in its current form since 2000, the result of several mergers including ...

Aware Super hires head of corporate development

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... We are the nation's largest digital-first super fund, using our scale to drive down fees, build top-tier retirement savings, and deliver long-term sustainable retirement incomes for our 1.1 million members," Travis said. "Throughout his stellar career ...

Industry reacts to Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... many women face when they have children," she said. "It's a watershed reform that will powerfully strengthen retirement savings for Australian mums and help to narrow the gender gap at retirement." Wages boost for feminised industries Schubert said the ...

Budget 2024: Government heeds industry calls to better support women

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... menopause and are forced to retire around five years prematurely are potentially forfeiting about $60,000 in retirement savings. About 160,000 women enter menopause each year in Australia. "As a direct result of menopause, around 20,000 Australian women ...

Former super fund adviser receives permanent ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... major superannuation funds, has been permanently banned after he tried to persuade clients to transfer their retirement savings into a bank account he controlled. Effective May 10, Kudzanai Philip Dzawo of Melbourne is permanently banned from performing ...

Inflation spooks retirees more than healthcare costs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... retirees living on fixed income sources. "The challenges facing retirees today are further evidence of the retirement savings crisis. For younger generations with longer time horizons, now is the time to prioritise saving for a brighter future," she ...

'Just do what you say you'll do': ASIC's message to trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... monitoring fees and deductions from their members' super." "It is a super fund's job to protect people's retirement savings from rip-off fees and services, but ASIC found that three of the funds they looked at were failing to even do basic ...

SMC says 'reckless' plan could cost taxpayers $1tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... the policy would not lift home ownership rates but would only make housing affordability worse while eroding retirement savings and leaving all Australians a tax bill. "It's economically reckless. It sets a policy trap for young Australians because it ...

Stockspot plots entry into superannuation space

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
Stockspot is preparing to launch a superannuation offering that would see members' retirement savings invested exclusively in ETFs. The trading platform is planning to launch Stockspot Super later this year, first bringing an accumulation product to ...